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Page updated on November 1, 2009

 

What happened in September and October - 2009:
We added additional obituaries and burial information donated by readers for several of our county cemeteries. The sources for these are, as always, our viewers and obituaries located.
Little by little, we are getting there. If you haven't done a search lately for some of your kin, you might want to try now.

And we have added to our journals and several new "olden day" biographies are now ready for view.

Previous Months Updates - - 2009:
We were happy to display some old time family photos contributed to the site.

In our school grads file, the Three Oaks graduation class of 1905 is now on site. And check out our 1910 Three Oaks Baseball squad under our "Berrien In The News - Olden Days". Pretty snazzy uniforms there.

Ellison, Kean and Warren family photos were added to our gallery of family photos.

Among the burials added for various cemeteries; several were donated for the Watervliet Cemetery.

More obituaries were added.
And we are in the process of posting 1925 Senior High classes and graduates for Benton Haror High School.

Lots of dibs and dabs have been added to the site, so stop back by often and do a search to see if some of your ancestors have been added.

Although I no longer live in Berrien County, it is very near and dear to my heart as I grew up there the first 20 years of my life. And now, living in a county next door to Berrien, I sometimes take day trips up that way and let the memories flow.

In the past several months we added 1860 township maps with resident listings, town layouts with businesses along with residentially owned properties. Maps were donated to this site by Davis 'C' Ball.
Many are done in "brown tone" to give it that old time flare.

Each Genweb host or hostess arranges resources in the manner he/she feels the most comfortable working with. But foremost and taken into consideration; is arranging data in which the researcher can locate that illusive ancestor which he might be seeking.

List of things needed for the site.

Item Date Limits Added comments
(Sources should always be noted when known)
Biographies Ancestors of Berrien County Up to 1975 Please no gedcoms
& no DOB's for any living individual
Cemetery information no time limit Individual or cemetery listings of burials
County Scenery and Building photographs no time limit Old and new county photos welcome
Death Dates no time limit Person should have once lived in Berrien County
Family photographs Up to 1950 Individual or group photos are great!
Family Records up to 1950 Bible, Journals, Letters, Notes
Houses of Worship no time limit Photos and/or information on some of the histories of same
Obituaries Up to 1975 Please include cemetery buried in, if not
stated in obituary and if you know burial location
Old news paper clippings (typed) up to 1950 For our Family and County tidbit pages.
Schools up to 1950 School photos and/or class rosters
and photos of old schools
Veteran Information no time limit Let's salute our Veterans and their final resting places.
Send your Veterans name and place laid to rest.

Have something news worthy, contact us at:   mailto:berrienmigenweb@yahoo.com

Goals
To collect useful information that will assist in the genealogist's search.
To make this site more user-friendly.
To help families/genealogists connect with each other.

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